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For the world famous Harlem Globetrotters, it was "All aboard!" MTA Long Island Rail Road to tell Long Islanders that the LIRR is the best way get to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn to see the team entertain on Sunday, October 7 at 5 PM.

The LIRR is providing service to the U.S. Open Tennis Men's Finals today (Sept. 10) with trains stopping at Mets-Willets Point Station, which is just a short walk to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

In cooperation with the Bronx Borough President's Office, MTA Metro-North Railroad is hosting information sessions regarding a proposal to introduce railroad service in the east Bronx along Amtrak's right-of-way.

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An army of maintenance workers wrapped up yet another successful <em>FASTRACK </em>effort completing an ambitious schedule of work.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/fastrack/456_index.html">here</a> for more information.</p>

If you wanted to catch the <img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/a.png" alt="A Subway Line Symbol" border="0"> train on September 9th, 1932, you would have been out of luck. It started running a day later. That's right, the Eighth Avenue Subway, at times also known as the Independent, IND or Municipal Subway, celebrates 80 years of operation on September 10th.

<p>This Labor Day weekend, we replaced track panels on the <img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/2.png" alt="2 Subway Line Symbol" border="0"><img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/5.png" alt="5 Subway Line Symbol" border="0"> Line in the Bronx and repaired tracks and switches on the <img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/f.png" alt="F Subway Line Symbol" border="0"> Line in Queens and on the <img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/n.png" alt="N Subway Line Symbol" border="0"><img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/q.png" alt="Q Subway Line Symbol" border="0"><img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/r.png" alt="R Subway Line Symbol" border="0"> at Union Square.</p>

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Beginning Monday, September 3, segments of the <img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/4.png" alt="4 Subway Line Symbol" border="0"><img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/5.png" alt="5 Subway Line Symbol" border="0"><img src="/siteimages/subwaybullets/6.png" alt="6 Subway Line Symbol" border="0"> lines will be shut down from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., suspending all Lexington Avenue Line service between Grand Central-42nd Street and Atlantic Avenue in both directions for three consecutive weeknights.</p>